Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
on CHANGE.
spot Cotton UnchGDged-Fuiures from
One to Four Points Lower.
Money Market Easy.
Wheat Opened Steady, Fluctuated Mar
rowly and Closed at an Adyance-Liye
stock Transactions Brihk
Daily Review.
GAZETTE OFFICE

FORT WORTH, TEX, Sept. -, loS7.
Wholesale merchants report brisk
trade with great demand for staple goods
and prices firm. Retailers outside Of
those dealing in provisions say there is
something OF between season lull, but
expect TO see the fall trade open lively in
week or ten days.
Cotton receipts to-dsy 40 bales, but
al Of this was no. marketed, some 60
bales being stored. Prices ranged from
73@64, few bales of low grade cotton
selling at Il.
Country produce was freely offered,
With no improvement in prices
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Special kilograms to BrAdstrect's re
port continuance of the widespread dis
tributive movenen of cotton goods, sta
pie groceries, boots and shoes, pig end
bGr iron, steel and hardware, eest, west
&nd south. The greatest activity, rela-
lively, is throughout the regions trlbUtsry
to Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and
New Orleans, Notwithstanding the re
strictive efsct upon trade which
the drouth in the corn belt was
expected TO cause. Mercantile collec-
tiOns from interior merchants st most
of the larger western and southern dis
! tributing centers moreover are fair TO
good, and in some instances better thar
were expected. The 1dpid movement OF
sugar and rice in Louisiana erd cotton
elsewhere south continues to stimulate
trade in that region.
The movement of grain to interior
markets west and northwest has in
creased, ard contrary to current impress
siOns the exports from both Atlantic anC
Pacific cosst ports, both wheat aud -four
have increased this week as compared
with last. New York, Boston, Pnila.
delphia and Baltimore, IS specially
reported TO Brsdstreet's, shipped
100000 bushels more wheat, San Fran
CISCO 10000 bushels more wheat, anj
100000 barrels more h)ur; M0ntrea
255, 900 bushels more wheat and fl ,ur
and NV O1leans 81 900 bushels less. TIE
exports from nine ports, Including NJ mt
IreAl, for six days ending September Is
lager gate 100000 bushels of wheat
100000 barrels Of -four and $50 900 BUSH
irl5 C corn, against !, 4l2, 600 bushels o
wheat, 100000 barrels Of -four and 2G8,
loco bushels of corn last week. Counting
-four as wheat the total exports wer,
1915, 00G bushels this week, 1850, 00t
5ushelslast week, 100000 bushels tn
week before and 4,0l5, 000 bushels for tn
SIX days ending August %.
The total export Of wheat and h)u
both coasts, July l to September 10,
3S,2l4, 900 bushels, G,900,000 bushels
excess of 1886, Srd from July to Sep
TENDER 10, the aggregate is about IL eco
GOO bushels or SO per cent. of the PROB
able totsl available surplus fo
! error TO July l next, with
one fifth OF the year. Drou,h i
Olio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky col
tinues, and Will curtsil the area to b
soWn to winter wheat. One-quarter {
pe1 spring wheat received at Minneal
l oils is out of condition. Speculation i
wheat is very light.
Leading domestic money markets su
: Ter more than last week for want {
funds, Commercial discounts on Ii
pest paper have run up to I and p;
cent. 1T Chicago, ard to and often ps
5 cent. Al New York, which cannot fail I
: hsve some effect on the volume CT trad
| Philadelphia merchants report their OK
7 erations retarded for like reasons. None
:. is tight At the northwest, with Il
J liberal wheat movement Couutl
q bankers sre calling on Chicago ar
Y Kansas City and Kew York in excess
. previous demands. The new French 10,
= makes rates high at Paris, and Il
3 premium placed upon gold psymen
? there prevents exports thereof. Wi
e higher open market rates ST London al
: less gold coming to the United States al
increasing Sub-Treasury balances, Il
e government bond purchases Wednesdt
: did rot bring much relief. The Ne
y York stock market is dull and prices g
4 weak. Bonds are dull and decinin
G governments slightly lower Brst
streets.